H04W 92/04
Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices
H04W92/04 (Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices) appears on 4,071 US grants and 4,775 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 4,071
- Published applications
- 4,775
- Assignees
- 809
- Inventors
- 7,016
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 28 |
| 2002 | 42 | 78 |
| 2003 | 39 | 108 |
| 2004 | 61 | 130 |
| 2005 | 55 | 150 |
| 2006 | 83 | 192 |
| 2007 | 71 | 180 |
| 2008 | 88 | 172 |
| 2009 | 87 | 150 |
| 2010 | 122 | 158 |
| 2011 | 121 | 123 |
| 2012 | 160 | 173 |
| 2013 | 154 | 133 |
| 2014 | 196 | 137 |
| 2015 | 150 | 157 |
| 2016 | 139 | 129 |
| 2017 | 161 | 181 |
| 2018 | 158 | 237 |
| 2019 | 223 | 313 |
| 2020 | 278 | 374 |
| 2021 | 287 | 350 |
| 2022 | 311 | 303 |
| 2023 | 265 | 303 |
| 2024 | 263 | 250 |
| 2025 | 261 | 177 |
| 2026 | 138 | 89 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04W 92/10Between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface1,494
- H04W 92/12Between access points and access point controllers1,236
- H04W 92/045Between access point and backbone network device532
- H04W 92/14Between access point controllers and backbone network device428
- H04W 92/06Between gateways and public network devices242
- H04W 92/08Between user and terminal device204
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